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What is with the "poor Jon, he had to show up because of contractual obligations" stuff? The guy isn't making a ton of money doing this show? How did he pay for his new car?

He married a driven, type-A woman, who likes her ducks in a row and figured out a way for them both to stay home with their kids and provide a pretty good life, or at least financial stability. Does anyone seriously think Jon would be happier as a laid of IT guy, trying to find a way to put a new transmission in his 1989 Honda so he could get to his temp job and somehow make the rent on their tract house?

When you have that many children when you are basically still a child yourself life isn't always "fun," and you aren't able to be "just Jon" when you are broke and anonymous either. I think he would be whining about now, show or no show. Cheating is a way to escape responsibility and pretend you don't have the obligations you took on. As to whether or not penis/vagina action happened before he snuck out the door of the teacher's house at 7 AM? Please. Something happened, even if it was just long whiny talks about his wife not understanding him and smoldering longing. Frankly, that would probably bother a wife more than a slam/bam.

He's a boob.

I haven't seen that many episodes, yesterday was the first time I watched this (part marathon and then the premier) but one episode really hit me as "this is the real Jon." The poor dog he wanted was sick and would have died. He didn't notice. Controlling Kate came home, took one look and knew something was wrong and got the dog to the vet. They do surgery and remove the toy horse, and Jon and the kids pick up the dog. The vet warns them that due to internal and external stitches the dog must be kept quiet for two weeks, no running, no jumping, standard post op care.

Jon gets home and immediately lets the dog out to run and jump and wrestle with the other dog--God forbid he should bother to take care of his animal--too much "responsibility" for lazy assed free spirit Jon. "They are outside dogs, what can I do?" he whines, standing right behind the dog crate. Later he washes the filth off the stitches and then immediately gets rid of the dog again, back outside to romp around.

When "controlling" Kate gets home and Jon continues to whine about "what else was I supposed to do" Kate sensibly and fairly quietly mentions putting the dog in the crate for a few days. (You know, like someone who gave a damn and had a brain would.) Jon just shrugged.

So, yeah, she does seem to run a fairly tight ship, and with that many kids I honestly can't see another way to keep them clean, fed, happy, and learning...the thought of that many just exhausts me. Two are a handful...and I don't see Kate zoning out in front of soap operas while the kids run wild or beg for attention.

Another run-away dad crying that his wife doesn't understand him...because no way in hell is that big baby capable of taking care of those kids on his salary and without Kate around to take care of all the boring and tedious "schedule" crap, or the show taking care of the bills. So if they split up I am pretty sure Kate will get the kids, and the show will continue as "Kate plus 8" so she can raise them while "working" from home--the TV show.

Jon will go sow his wild oats, try to find a job, miss the money, and the kids, and in a few years beg to come home to mommy.